Don Miguel, il Signorino Zombie

this is how my life is like for the entire week since saturday.

6am Wake Up (I normally wake up at 8 and go to work at 10am)
730 leave home for office
8 go to white hotel in front of my office to meet delegates from back home
9-5 all day meetings, seminars and intensely dizzying multilateral negotiations (yep there is lunch in between) and 2 coffee breaks.
6-7 Cocktails
7-9 Dinner
930 On the way home
10pm Reach home
1030 prepare for bed and dilly dally (multiply, facebook, blogspot, IM, skype with Mom)
1130 or up to 1am off to bed.

so, if u ask me my name tomorrow morning, ill probably tell you the grass is orange or that the backpack is being contactinated.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh.

sorry i won't be myself till saturday afternoon, by then, i'll probably spend the whole weekend asleep. see you in lala land for the meantime guys, I'll miss you tenderly. sunday morning perhaps.

UAAP Peeping Tom caught red handed in Ateneo

Don Miguel = Tongue in Cheek

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from Inquirer.net

MANILA, Philippines -- Several UAAP women’s volleyball players on Monday filed charges of child abuse and undue vexation against a football referee, accusing him of video voyeurism.

The suspect, UAAP football referee Dennis Balore, was caught taking videos of players in the women’s showers of the Blue Eagle Gym at the Ateneo de Manila University on Sunday afternoon using his mobile phone.

Among those who filed the charges were players of University of the East, Far Eastern University, De La Salle University and University of Santo Tomas.

“Nine players, including two minors from UE already filed complaints; we’re expecting the other schools to formally log their complaint (in the coming days),” Major Cherry Lou Donato, chief administrator of the Quezon City Police District Criminal Investigation Unit, said Monday.

Balore, an accredited referee of the Philippine Football Federation, remains detained at Camp Karingal in Quezon City. The 30-year-old game official is married and resides in Tondo, Manila.

“Sabi niya napag-tripan lang (He said it was just for kicks),” said Donato.

Unjust vexation is a bailable offense, but because some of the players were aged below 18, Balore also faces child abuse charges, which carry a 12-year maximum imprisonment penalty and an P80,000 bail.

Aside from the individual players’ complaints, the UAAP board will also discuss if a separate case will be filed against Balore.

“The incident caused a commotion,” said athletic director Edwin Barber of the University of the Philippines, host of the volleyball competitions.

Ricky Palou, Ateneo’s representative to the UAAP board, said the school will enforce tighter security measures during the games.

“We’re now assigning a guard to make sure that only players can use the area,” said Palou.

The police report said that Balore was caught perched on the wall dividing the men and women’s shower rooms. His confiscated mobile phone showed videos of the players in various forms of undress.

The Philippine Football Federation said it will wait for the official report of the National Capital Region Football Association before acting on Balore’s case.

Contact lenses and Haste

I woke up really early today, like 6am because of my week long meetings at the EU commission. I put on my contacts on the left eye. then unwittingly proceeded to put the other lens on the lvery same eye.

i was franctically looking for the other lens, until i realized that my vision in my left eye was still blurred . . .

geeez

am really not a morning person, my brain only manages to count sheep.

Man loses $7.14 billion dollars for France's 2nd Largest Bank

In what could be history's biggest rip-off in terms of currency, this trader, thought to be in the person of frenchman Jerome Kerviel, managed to cause Societe Generale a whopping loss of $7.14 Billion. Wow! and the Bank's bosses say they find it wierd because they say, the guy had nothing to gain from the spurious transactions. haha

Guess again bozo! guess who's laughing all the way to the bank.


am still drooling about that $0.14 Billion of spare change and what I will end up doing with it. Maybe I can upgrade my spurious title from il Signorino Don Miguel to that of Su Alteza Real, Miguel Alfredo Ignacio Frial de Villanueva, Principe de Alicante, Duque de Roxas, Conde de Capiz, Vizconde de Du Malag . sigh . . . hehehe, ouch! all of a sudden an ant bit me. ouch ouch! WTF $#@%@$%#@$%


here's the news feed from yahoo financial news.
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Societe Generale Uncovers Massive Fraud
Thursday January 24, 1:19 pm ET
By Emma Vandore, Associated Press Writer Societe Generale Uncovers Massive Fraud by Futures Trader PARIS (AP) -- French bank Societe Generale said Thursday it has uncovered a 4.9 billion euro ($7.14 billion) fraud -- one of history's biggest -- by a single futures trader whose scheme of fictitious transactions was discovered as stock markets began to stumble in recent days.

CEO Daniel Bouton said the trader's motivations were "irrational," netting the trader no personal financial gains. Still, the bank is seeking to have him prosecuted in court.

A person familiar with the case named the trader as Jerome Kerviel. Bank officials said the trader was a Frenchman in his 30s who probably acted alone. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.

The bombshell destabilized a major bank already exposed to the subprime crisis. France's second-largest bank by market value said it would be forced to seek euro5.5 billion (US$8.02 billion) in new capital.

Societe Generale filed a complaint Thursday with a court in Nanterre, west of Paris, accusing the trader of fraudulent falsification of banking records, use of such records and computer fraud, the bank said in a statement.

The Paris prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation Thursday based on a complaint filed by a small shareholder concerned about losses incurred because of the fraud, a judicial official said. The Bank of France, the country's central bank, said it was immediately informed of the fraud and was investigating.

Societe Generale's shares, which have lost nearly half their value over the past six months, were suspended in Paris on Thursday morning, then dropped 5.5 percent to 74.77 euros ($108.97) when they resumed trading.

The bank said it detected the fraud -- comparable to a full year of its profits in stable times -- at its French markets division the weekend of Jan. 19-20.

Once uncovered, Bouton said the bank alerted market regulators and moved immediately to close the trader's positions, incurring heavy losses amid sharp declines on world markets.

"This is a bad time for banks and the industry in general. But detecting the fraud over the weekend was problematic because world stock markets on Monday and Tuesday fell hugely around the world. When the positions had to be unwound, the bank did that in a terrible market of falling equities," said Janine Dow, senior director at Fitch Ratings financial institution group in Paris

"In hindsight, it was this guy's superior knowledge of the control system of every aspect of trading at the bank that allowed him to build up fraudulent positions and hide them," she said.

The bank said the trader had misled investors in 2007 and 2008 through a "scheme of elaborate fictitious transactions." The trader, who was not named, used his knowledge of the group's security systems to conceal his fraudulent positions, the statement said.

The man admitted to the fraud, the bank said, and was being dismissed. Four or five of his supervisors were to leave the group. Bouton offered to resign but the board rejected that.

The trader had worked for the bank since 2000 and earned a salary and bonus of less than euro100,000 (US$145,700), executives said.

"I'm convinced he acted alone," said Jean-Pierre Mustier, chief executive of the bank's corporate and investment banking, who interviewed the trader when the fraud was uncovered.

The trader was responsible for basic futures hedging on European equity market indexes, the company said. That means he made bets on how the markets would perform at a future date.

Until last year, the trader had been betting that markets would fall, but then changed his position at the start of this year to bet they would rise, said Kinner Lakhani, an analyst at ABN Amro in London who specializes in Societe Generale shares, citing the bank's management.

He said there had been "daily rumors" this week that something was afoot at Societe Generale. "The market was sniffing something," he said.

Because the trader previously had worked in trading accounting offices, "he would have known how the risk management worked," Lakhani added. In a conference call with analysts on Thursday, bank officials "talked about this guy bypassing systems and setting up false counter-trades."

Societe Generale said the trader was involved in "plain vanilla" forms of hedging. Futures trading began with selling commodities like sugar or oil to be delivered at a future date, but has expanded enormously to many kinds of extremely complex financial instruments.

The fraud appeared to be the largest ever by a single trader. If confirmed, it would far outstrip the Nick Leeson trading scandal in 1995 that forced the collapse of British bank Barings. Leeson, the bank's Singapore general manager of futures trading, lost 860 million pounds -- then worth US$1.38 billion -- on Asian futures markets, wiping out the bank's cash reserves. The company had been in business for more than 230 years.

The fraud was not as big as the 1991 scandal that led to the demise of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. Claims by depositors and creditors there exceeded US$10 billion at the time. International bank regulators seized BCCI, which had headquarters in Luxembourg, London and the Cayman Islands, acting on auditors' reports that described huge losses from illegal loans to corporate insiders and from trading transactions.

Axel Pierron, senior analyst at Celent, an international financial research and consulting firm, was stunned that 13 years after the Barings collapse, something similar has happened.

"The situation reveals that banks, despite the implementation of sophisticated risk management solutions, are still under the threat that an employee with a good understanding of the risk management processes can getting round them to hide his losses," he said.

At Societe Generale, the announcement came on the back of 2.05 billion euros ($2.99 billion) in write-downs linked to subprime-related difficulties and the crisis in financial markets.

The bank is now planning a capital hike in the "following weeks" by selling shares in a rights offer underwritten by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley.

The write-down and losses will lead the company to post a net profit of 600 million euros to 800 million euros ($874 million to $1.16 billion) for all of 2007, the Paris-based bank said. Full-year results will be announced Feb. 21. In 2006, net profit was euro5.2 billion.

Associated Press writers Matt Moore in Davos, Switzerland, Thomas Wagner in London and John Leicester in Paris contributed to this report.

and the Clincher, the Big Man Bush himself hehehe

no explanation needed. hehe

One More One More US Blonde Moment isa pa hahaha

This might set me back for the rest of the day trying to do catch up on paperwork but i really can't Stop myself, hahaha Weeell, isn't Europe a Country? . . . Hungry? is that a country? I heard of Turkey . . . bwahahahahaha


Oh my goodness, i think this is living proof, the world's mightiest super power is goin' dooooooooowwwwwwwnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn down dowwwwwwnnnnnnnnwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehone more time: BWAAAAAAAAAaaaaahahahahhahahaha

Dumb Blonde Moment of the Day: Ms. South Carolina's yakkity yakk

In Ms. Teen USA 2007, When asked why a good number of Americans can not locate the US in the World Map, listen to Ms. Carolina go on and on and on with her answer . . .







Ms. South Carolina: “I personally believe that US Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and I believe that our education like such as in a South Africa and Iraq everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the US should help the US or should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our children.”

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww

Ano daw? WTF???!!! What the Guacamole Big-Ass F*ck!!!????

My Place in Brussels - All falling into Place, Don Miguel has a home, finally

after what seems likes a gargantuan task of ordering everything from ikea,picking out the boxes of un-assembled furniture yourself from their warehouse shelves, transporting the load, hiring a van, hiring an external lift to bring up my furniture to the 7th floor where my pad is, hiring people and getting frieds to help with the assembly, etc. I finally have a semblance of a home. sigh, kapoy! (tiring)

Tom Cruise, blabbering about Scientology. Has he lost it big time or what?

hehe scary!!!

we know, we believe, we can do something about it. on us, yes we . . .

My not so empty house anymore in Brussels

It's 4:50 a.m. here and I'm still up, although exhausted and very sleepy. I finally closed my IKEA purchases of furniture & things for my entire house.

I didn't realize you have to get everything yourself from their huge warehouse. Good thing Borj, my colleague at work, was there to baby-sit/encourage me, and two more filipino guys based here, Caloy and Allan, whom I hired to help with the delivery and assembly.








We hired this truck and also the external lift, because all my things will not be able to fin in the elevator in my building. Waaah at first I thought it was mission impossible, we never do this back home in Manila (waaaaaaaah) but hey now, my furniture are here already.

So My house went from looking like this:



To this:





I know I know, and I'll probably be in trouble with my mom for going against her opinion and buying all black. Black karlstad seats, black black. hehe. Bear with me guys I don't have the throw pillows and accessories yet, no frames of painting or photos, yet. wow, It seems really never ending. 2 Karlstad Fonce Gris Chairs, One Clippan Canape, and my philippine made Seaweed Chair, lack coffee and side tables.





This is how my dining area loooks like with the Bjursta Table and the Henriskdal Chair (extendable, 4-8 seats), just beside the balcony/ window. I'm at the 7th floor of my building (Next to the Penthouse) overlooking a park to the left, with a castle in it, that's now a school for the arts. (Park Duden, in Forest)



My all-white kitchen is not so empty anymore, I added this Breakfast table and funky orange chairs hehe. It's not yet done though.


This is my klippan sofa in black (you can replace the upholstery, its a slip-on, Mommy) which doubles into a sofabed, smartly crafted so it's totally not obvious. hehe





That's my bed above and the matching drawers. They're still not done yet, so this will do for now. hehe. I also have two wardrobes assembled, one has a mirror pair of doors, and the other in frosted glass.

The middle is a wood finish drawer where Ill put a tv on top.

Oh well, I just stayed up a bit more to type this in, goodnight!

- Don Miguel

Manila circa late 1800s to early 1900s . . . Wow!

This is at the part of Intramuros overlooking the Bay where the Pasig River meets the sea. I've been here several years back, one can still go and sight see . .

Dinner Last Night

Inspired by my buddy Steven H.'s Lunch Today series, I decided to post my very own Dinner Last night post.

Tired from work, Too lazy to cook dinner, and Hungry as a Wolf. What to do?? WHAT TO DO??? TADAAAAA!!!!! Don Miguel's Dinner . . .





Chicken Roti, Pitted Olives and Sliced Baguette with Pesto on Top. Voila! Dinneur is served.

Hehehe

Coffee? My treat!!!

My treat indeed, here in Belgium a cup of stale coffee anyone? (Cafe Panisse, that's Kapeng Panis when said by the pasossy types.) hehe

Thanks Guys

it worked wonders!!!








People on the streets of Brussels will probably think am some crazy asian lunatic walking around with a smile . . .

Don Miguel is Sad Today . . .

Cheer me up Guys . . .

Waaaaaaaaah it's here! the MacBook Aero Waaaaaaaah!

Ill have my cousin who's coming over to here in Brussels from the US buy me one, bahala na broke or not hahaha.

Signs of the Times, and the Big Guys come falling down Hard! - the US Economy

High and Mighty Citigroup posts $ 9.8 Billion loss and wrote off $18 Billion in bad debts, all due to the US' worsening mortgage woes. Countries like Singapore, some Gulf States and the State of New Jersey immediately infused billions to rescue the falling Giant.

Merryl Lynch also sought about $12.2 Billion in fresh bail-out infusions from oil rich states . . .

Tsk tsk tsk signs of the time eh . . .

A Swindling Plan for the Really Really Dumb

I got this email today from a conman wannabe who must be an idiot. The folks he succeeds in ripping off should be really really dumb, big time!

read on and feel free to email him your questions. you can harrass him too hahaha.

oh, and his yahoo is from spain. you can do it in spanish as well.

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Begin forwarded message:

From: Patrick Estime
Date: January 15, 2008 11:58:12 AM GMT+01:00
To: mxxxxxx@hotmail.com
Subject: HELLO DEAR

HELLO DEAR,

MY NAME IS PATRICK ESTIME, PA TO JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE FORMER PRESIDENT OF HAITI. CAN I TRUST YOU TO INVEST 0VER 10MILLION US DOLLARS IN YOUR COUNTRY? PLEASE GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR REFERENCE AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS E-MAIL

REGARDS,

PATRICK


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About my College Dorm (La Sallian Center) and my Univeristy (De La Salle U)

My best Pam found this paper written by a Canadian Student about his exchange program in the Philippines. He went to DLSU and stayed at my college Dorm (owned by DLSU), La Sallian Center. haha. Read what he's got to say about the Philippines and my School. Although I don't agree with some of his obervations, it's amusing to read about my country, my school and my Dorm (where I stayed for 4 years) from a white guy's perspective. hahaha

Pam emailed him already, I'll email him too for the heck. hehe. his email's at the bottom of his message, feel free to say Hi! hehehe

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Introduction

My name is Ryan Gillard and I am a third year political science major, and business
minor. I am very interested in international relations, and international business. My
hobbies include skiing, golfing, running, scuba diving, partying, and I absolutely love to
travel. I went to the Philippines for a student exchange because I am a very inquisitive
person, and really wanted to go somewhere that was completely different from Canada. I
also wanted to go to the Philippines because I really enjoy scuba diving, and the
Philippines is one of the best places in the world to go scuba diving. I also have to admit
that I really wanted to get away from SFU, and see what another university was like.
My experience in the Philippines was very enjoyable, and at times very hectic. I went to
a university in the capital city Manila called De La Salle University. I found Manila to be
a very hectic place. I think there were about 15 million people in Manila, and probably
another 10-15 million in the surrounding cities. No city in Canada really compares to the
amount of people that were in Greater Manila. The city was as busy as a bee hive at all
times of the day. It was impossible to escape the masses of people. However, even with
all those millions of people, I did not find Manila to be a dangerous place at all. I would
only recommend to future exchange students to keep their wallets in their front pockets
because it is so crowded. It was a very strange experience living in Manila because I am a
very tall white man. In Manila, there are not that many white people, so I was always
being stared at and the center of attention. Filipino’s are very friendly jolly people, and
wherever I went people wanted to talk to me. My most enjoyable experience in the
Philippines would have to be the beautiful tropical beaches and excellent scuba diving.

Travel and Visas.

I knew that I could only spend one semester in the Philippines, so I just applied for a
tourist visa at the consulate downtown Vancouver. I think I went there on a Friday with
my passport and around $35, and I had my tourist visa on Monday. The tourist visa lasted
for 3 months. I did not have that much trouble extending my visa, but it cost more money
in the Philippines than it did in Canada. I had to get a special study permit, and I extended
my visa a month at a time. I forget how much the study permit was, but I think it was
around 100 dollars. The study permit is considerably more money if you spend an entire
year in the country. I did not like the visa system over there because I thought it was
designed to steal your money. Mr. Masilunganr took care of all the visa paper work,
making the process easier for students.

I booked my flight at the Travelcuts in the MBC building at SFU. My flight was $1200,
and I booked one month in advance. For future exchange students leaving the Philippines
on their return to Canada, you have to have 750 pesos for the Manila airport tax. I
mention this because there are no ATM’s at the airport, and if you do not have the money
you will have to leave the airport and find an ATM.

Financial Details

I did not find it hard at all to get money while I was in the Philippines. There are ATM’s
in the university, and all over the country. In some of the very remote parts of the country
there may not be ATM’s. Just read your travel book before you go somewhere to make
sure.

I did have very much trouble with my students loans while I was overseas. When I
applied online for my Alberta student loan, there was no way to inform them that the loan
was for an exchange semester. I applied for a regular semester at SFU, and when I
brought it to SFU for their stamp, they would not do it. I had to start the entire process all
over again. I did not actually get my loan money until 3 months into my exchange. It
turned out that I would have received the exact same amount of money that I was going
to get with my first student loan. I still do not know why SFU would not stamp it in the
first place, or why it took 3 months to solve the problem. My recommendation for future
exchange students is to talk to someone about student loans.

Arrival and Orientation

When I arrived in Manila, I was picked up by Mr. Masilungr. He drove me to my
residence, and had a bed with clean sheets ready. I recommend to future students to be
very assertive with taxi cab drivers in the country because they are very corrupt and
obnoxious. While you are waiting to get your luggage, and when you are exiting the
airport many cab drivers will be in your face trying to persuade you to use their cab at
ridiculous prices.

The exchange office showed me around the university. Its much smaller than SFU, and
easy to find your way around.

Accommodation & Living

I lived in the La Sallian Center. My room had air conditioning and a personal bathroom.
I was charged 7000 pesos per month, which is around 150 dollars. It took about 10
minutes to walk to the university. Students should be aware that the bedrooms are all
shared. There are many places to stay around DLSU, so you do not have to live in a
shared bedroom. There are also no kitchens at the La Sallian Center, but there must be 50
restaurants around DLSU. Prices at the restaurants are usually around 1 to 2 Canadian
dollars. If I were staying longer than one semester, I would have moved somewhere else
with a kitchen. The La Sallian Center has a curfew, but I didn’t really obey it, and I think
it is just for the local students.

Academic Details

DLSU is similar to SFU in that it has the usual mid terms, papers, and finals. I found
that it was not nearly as competitive as SFU. It was challenging, but just not so
competitive. I found it very enjoyable because I took some business classes at DLSU, and
it was nice to get away from the ridiculous extreme marking that SFU business has.

Country Information

The Philippines is a tropical country, and the temperature is always around 35 degrees
Celsius. I was in the country from late April to the beginning of September. From April
to July, the weather was very nice. In August, two typhoons hit the country, and Manila
flooded. Classes were cancelled for about 6 days, and it was impossible to travel. I was
there for most of the wet season, and I still found it enjoyable though.

Places to Visit

I travelled to the islands of Cebu, Bohol, Negros, Panay, Boracay, Mindoro, and I spent
most of my time on the island of Luzon(main island). My favourite island was Bohol
because there were great beaches and excellent scuba diving. I would also recommend
the island of Boracay to anyone going to the Philippines. Boracay is the most famous
tourist hot spot in the country. I can’t really go into that much about the places I visited
because my paper is running a bit long, but there are many excellent places to visit.

Challenges in the Philippines

The most obvious challenge for me was dealing with the masses of people. I think
Manila is around the size of Burnaby, but with 15 million people. In Manila, there are
hundreds of thousands of homeless people. They are not confined to certain areas like
they are in Vancouver. They seemed to be all over the city. I was never threatened by any
homeless people though. Prostitution and child prostitution are major problems in the
Philippines. I found it very annoying being bothered by prostitutes all the time.
Prostitution seems to be accepted in the country, and there are working girls everywhere.

I also found cab drivers to be a real nuisance. Sometimes they tried to charge me 10
times the price just because I was white. To avoid this problem I just told the cab driver
to use his meter. Sometimes they just did not want to use their meter, so I found a
different cab. There are hundred of thousands of cabs in Manila, so it is fairly easy to
switch cabs.

Conclusion

I would recommend the Philippines to anyone. I love the country, and would go back
any day. I found Manila to be a bit much, but once you are out of Metro Manila it’s a
wonderful and amazing country. I am actually thinking of owning my own scuba
diving/beach resort there one day. I took over 300 pictures while I was there, and if
anyone would like to see my pictures just email me at rsg6@sfu.ca .

Waaaaaah it's almost here, Waaaaah!!!!! -

The MacWorld Expo 2008

it's almost here, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

sorry I'm such a mac convert-addict!

waaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Rosemary Church - Before and After Pics

Back in college, when I was on term break at my parents house near the beach in Roxas City. I used to watch a lot of cable tv ( I had no cable tv in my la salle dorm then). I remember seeing this blonde-as-blondes-can-be frumpily and badly dressed lady (probably it was the lighting) doing the news on the Australian International channel ABC TV . . .

Just about now, while having dinner on my favorite seaweed chair in my still empty flat here in Brussels, I caught her again, this time in CNN. and look at her now. vavavooom . . . Isn't she such a MILF?



The wonders of American TV outfits hehehe . . .

What's in your kitchen overhead cabinet?

here's in mine, just my white Vileroy & Boch fine China 2 sets of service for 6 , IKEA Champagne Glasses and a cute black and white striped set of rice bowls I got as a gift.

sorry folks, I got bored. hehe

ho-hummm!
almost empty hehe

What's in your fridge?

here's what's in mine.

ready to heat and eat pizza, poulet roti (roast chicken), chicken sandwich mix, butter, pesto, olives with pimiento, strawberry jam, gouda cheese, grated emmental cheese, la vache qui rit cheese, maltesers, gouda cubes, little tomatoes, coke light, OJ, fresh milk, German Sausage (Bratwurst) & mashed potato microwavable dinner, danone peach yogurt, sausages, Salad Greens and some home made sausages given to me . . .

what's in yours?

My Office Space

After Steve posted his work area in his blog, I decided to do the same.

Like the last time I posted pictures of my office when I first got here. The request for brand new furniture that I made is still being processed back in Manila.

So I had to make do with re-arranging and arranging using furniture that are already here.

Pathetic Examples of American TV Hits

It's not all Heroes, Grey's Anatomy, House and all the other series we go crazy for.

If you're appalled by the state of some of our own TV productions in the Philippines, of course y'all know all about The Jerry Spriner Show


I just caught a show called CHEATERS

Where they trail cheating lovers with a spycam and crew all around the city.

Then the host breaks the news to the disheartened and innocent party, and talks to her like a sincere Shrink cum Relationship Psychologist, but actually provokes an often violent confrontation with the cheating lover and the other woman/man.

geeez . . .



here's the host




Cheaters - Sundays 2-3am

The popular TV show CHEATERS comes to 106.9 Free FM. Cheaters documents true stories of the pain of a spouse or lover caused by infidelity. Now, Cheaters Radio brings Bay Area listeners these dramatic true-life stories exclusively on 106.9 Free FM. Late night radio has never been so explosive from 1AM-2AM Sunday mornings. Whether you are winding down your Saturday night or just getting on your late night buzz, fire up Cheaters radio Sundays @ 1AM on 106.9 Free FM.

yes folks, anything to make some bucks . . .

Aha!!! How to Cook Rice in a Microwave

Great, easy microwaved rice without sticking or messy clean-up

Steps

1. Select a deep microwave dish with a cover.
2. The ratio is what's important: 1 unit rice, 2 units water. For example: 1/2 cup of rice, add 1 cup of cold water; 1 cup of rice, add 2 cups of cold water.
3. Place in the microwave on maximum heat (IE. 900 Watts) for 10 minutes without the lid.
4. Then stir, cover with the lid and place in the microwave for an additional 3 minutes until all water is absorbed.
5. Remove from microwave and let stand a few minutes before fluffing with a fork.
6. You can add salt or butter before cooking if you wish, or cook the rice in chicken or other stock instead of water.

Tips

• Can be reheated on an appropriate setting - which means that if you are making curry and plan to serve it later, the rice can be pre-prepared.
• Adding a teaspoon of vinegar (any kind) would make it fluffier -don't worry- it won't leave any sour taste.
• A little saffron added gives it a very nice color and flavor.

A Pile of Dirty Dishes on the Sink . . .

with a purpose.

I, lazy me, intentionally pile dirty dishes on my sink (food thrown out asap and rinsed with warm water) for about 3 days. So I can use the dishwasher. Otherwise, I'd never be able to because I live alone.

hehe. just some useless info.

How the Hell did I end up sending this to my facebook contacts!!!! WTF!!!!

I was fiddling with my spunkin' brand new Facebook account (of 2 days) after someone sent me a card on Super Wall. As I'm still trying to figure out how everything works, I decided to send her something back, and after 12 hours I discovered that I have just sent my entire contact list with this card. (an annoyingly cutesy bear looking out the window with the cation "I Sure Miss You a Lot!!!" ARRRrrrggggghhhh! so I spent like the past coupl'a hours deleting this message from everyone's super wall. WTF WTF WTSF!!!!!!! :D

Meanwhile, back in my home country . . .

... doggie gets a ride.

After almost a year, I've finally given in . . .

to Facebook, am now a member. . .

Add me up! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=517532615

I've held it off for that long, because I have a Friendster, Multiply, Blogger, Hi5, TheOosh, Orkut, My Space, Weebly, Twitter, Spock, geeez what else?

Never . . .

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake
- Napoleon Bonaparte

Yet another faceless message in friendster

hmmmm . . . a third message now, this one from someone who calls herself Miss Vera. This time it sounds like an order that I reply. Geeez why do these messages get more and more demanding each time?

who calls herself Miss anyway? I know someone who calls himself Mr. Archie.

and to Miss Vera, whoever you are,

NOPE I DON'T WANT TO REPLY TO YOUR EMAIL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE NOR EVER AT ALL AND NOPE I DON'T WANT TO KNOW YOU BETTER AT ALL.

Thanks.

Don Miguel

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Hello
HAPPY NEW YEAR
My name is Miss Vera i saw your profile today at //www.friendster.com// and became interested in you,i will also like to know you the more,and i want you to send a mail to my email address so i can give you my picture for you to know whom l am.Here is my email address (vera_4good@yahoo.com).please my dear i will like you to reply as soon as possible you receive my message so that you will know me better.THANKS.

HAVE A NICE DAY. BYEE
From Miss Vera.

Just got home clubbing at Mirano Continental

Just got home clubbing with my newfound expat buddies at the Club Mirano Continental. 5 beers for dinner and now am set for a goodnight's sleep. heck even the cold doesn't bother me.

check out the club

http://www.mirano.be/

goodnight, have a great day ahead wherever you are, especially the folks in Manila and my beloved Philippines!

Got this from Pam in my Inbox

I know you've been waiting for your 2008 Krispy Kreme Lingerie Calendar..

My Grammatical Nightmare

. . . sometimes i'm guilty of this because i type without looking (touch typist kuno) and I just type the words as I say them, to my horror later on when i find out the horrible grammar errors i've published pala. just like in one of my posts re berlin, i wrote something like " and we got DRANK . . ." yikes WTF kakahiya!!!! or sometimes i miss to type words like in "he definitely out to pull one over you" what? ano daw? hahaha. then in two instances i wrote slot instead of slob and slot again instead of sloth. doesn't really help when you know what slot sounds like. geeez or I'd put apostrophes in the wrong places or type your instead of you're or vice versa. hehe people must think am some kinda idiot from some rinky dink school haha trying soo hard to speak aynglish

Another Freaky Message I got in my Friendster inbox

I've already posted one message from my freindster inbox before, here's another. This time there's absolutely no picture of the sender in the account. The first one had a picture of some car somewhere in the Netherlands.

OH well. hahaha.

From:

Jane
Date: 01/8/2008 6:42 pm
Subject: Hello,
Message: Hello,
I am Jane Morgan a 24 years old girl single, I saw your advert and i am interested, please if you like to know more about me, remember age or distance does not matter but what matters is love, for further communication contact me via email ( janemogan@yahoo.com ) that will enable me to explain myself well to you and as well send my pictures for you to know whom i am.
Thanks yours new friend
Jane.

Yikes this is Scary: Mysterious Object Captured On Camera

SEATTLE -- A picture taken by a 12-year-old Kirkland girl during the holiday week in December surprised her family by capturing a mysterious object.The girl, her family and her 15-year-old friend were staying at cabins overlooking a river in Winthrop when the incident occurred.At sunset, the girl was experimenting with a new digital camera she had received as a gift.

Things about Manila Life I have always taken for granted! (in no particular order)

1. Laundry!

I have underestimated the laundry, I was first confronted by this fact when i did my

Business School (masters) in Spain. and I was trying to figure out how to operate the washing machine and dryer in the wash room of my student condo. The worst part for me is the ironing. I dunno how to iron properly. My futile attempts would leave creased lines in places where there weren't supposed to be lines and folds. hehe. to the point where one of the mom's of my co-dormers had pity on me and taught me how to iron haha. Lately, my quandary has been how to figure out how to operate the laundromat machines (the instructions are in french or dutch and no one is there to help you) hehe.



2. Parking

I don't have a car yet but am planning to get one in Feb or March. I know for a fact though that parking fees here will surely burn a big hole in my pocket like 2 euros an hour?. hehe. I'll arrange for the office to get me a slot.

3. Cabs

Cabs here are few and far between. and they cost like they run on liquid gold. sigh. Who cares if the cab drivers in manila haggle for about 50 bucks more. the 150 peso trip is just less than 3 euros and the average cab ride here is between 7-10 euros per trip.






4. People who do the work for you at home / elsewhere (aka Servants, Helpers)

Their service is gold indeed, given wholeheartedly or begrudgingly. Here you gotta do everything. Back home, everything is done for you. haaaaaaay. Yaya!!!!!!!

I'm getting a cleaning lady soon, but it still not the same. I still need to go to this car wash place and do the washing myself. and pay them for it. (what?) that's when I get my car pa naman.

5. Groceries/ Errands

Imagine being in the grocery and buying as much water as you can for your entire week. Plus Fresh Milk and Juices. Not to mention all the other things you need to buy for your general consumption at home. Then after check-out you realize you and your shopping cart are not going to the parking area but to the bus stop, because you are new in this country and you don't have your trusty car, (it's in the Philippines BOZO!). You panic momentarily and try to hail a cab. No taxi stand anywhere. What to do? what to do? you brave the gazillion @#$$%$#@$^$#%^ plastic bags full of groceries and try to be the Hulk, carry all of them to the nearest bus/tram stand or metro station, squeeze your way in amidst the commuting public, and try to master your balance and NOT fall. then when you get off the stop where your house is, (It's about a block away) you trudge all the way to your house, uphill, with everything you bought. WTF!!!!!!
So I'm buying a car the soonest possible instance I can get. I think next month is good. This month, am concentrating on furnishing my entire house. GEEEeeZ

6. Loved ones: Family and Friends!

No need for explanations! I miss my dear friends and family , my dogs!!!! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.

7. The 30 degree-weather, rain or shine.

Putek anlamig lamig dito!!!!!!!!! -2 degrees? umuulan ulan pa? WTF

8. Cheap food, Glorious pinoy food! all kinds of food! (eg: Sinigang, tinola, BULALO!!!, fried tilapia and bangus!!!!Sinigang!!!!), all kinds of restaurants serving food from all over!

For some reason, there seems to be a scarcity of spanish restaurants here. hmmmm. They have indian, japanese, chinese (almost in every corner), french, german, italian, dutch, etc.

I like the food na rin, but nothing compares to the heavenly putahes i mentioned above.

Dammit even eating at Serendra's or Greenbelt 3's finest restos will be cheap compared to the regular restaurants here.

Man I lost 10 lbs already! It probably is good. hehehe

9. Tagalog/ Ilonggo/ English/ Cebuano!!!!

The thing is with me, I go crazy and feel stupid if I can't converse fluently with the locals. There's nothing like an occasional healthy banter and exchange of yakkitty yakkks with dear friends once in a while , while here, everyone must think I'm Oriental from the mainland because I stutter and I stammer. trying to say what I want. ARRRRRGGGGHHHhhh


And the list goes on . . . I have a lot of things to add in this list but It's already 11:46 pm.

and don't get me wrong. am not a newbie at being overseas. I've been all over the place for like half a decade living, studying and working abroad and back, but my rants are still the same.

sigh buhay hehehe. don't worry I ain't complaining . . . yet! hehe I'm just thinking aloud.

bear with me guys, am just thinking aloud have a great life everyone! the world is your stage!

carpe diem, carpe totem!!!!!!

Bad Hair No More

It worked haha. I brought my ipaq phone cam and showed the pic below in the previous post. Although It ain't exactly how my barber back home cuts my hair, this will do. It cost me a total of 27 euros though, including tips mamma mia!

I shoulda had my haircut before I went to Germany hehehe on hindsight.

Arrrrggggggggghh I hate my hair!

It's been more than two months since my last haircut and my regular barber is thousands of miles away in Manila. I dread to go to a barber shop here not knowing how to fully explain what I want in French or Dutch. ARRRrrrrrrrrrrggggggggh. I got terrible haircuts in Spain before and that's already with my fluent spanish. How much more here.

But as you've seen from my pics, my hairs really terrible lately (New Year with Terrible Hair ugh!)

So Am bringing these pictures to the barbershop near my office and please cross your fingers for me.

Tell me which one is not like the other (The Lady who sells her cloned self)

Don't you think she got it to a T? even the texture of her hair are in her dolls hehehe. this lady loves herself too much, she sells herself er herselves hehehehe

(Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Churchyard Christmas Market, Berlin, Germany)